Construction of the bodies of motor road-vehicles.



S.G.JACOBS.' CONSTRUCTION .OF THE BODIES 0F MOTOR ROAD VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED murzz. 1917.

Patented Apr. 30, 1918. 2 SHEETS-SHEET I.

S. G. JACOBS. CONSTRUCTION OF THE BODIES 0F MOTOR ROAD VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 22. 19!].

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CONSTRUCTION OF THE BODIES OF MOTOR ROAD-VEHICLES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SY N Y GORDON JA- co s, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at No. 16 Park road, Moseley, Birmingham, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inthe Construction of the Bodies of Motor Road- Vehicles, of which the following is a specification.

'This invention has reference to bodies fo motor cars, and more particularly to that form or style of body in which the upper part thereofhas a shape somewhat resembling, a semi-cylindrical tube, the axis of which crosses the chassis transversely; the invention comprising certain improvements, hereinafter fully described, in or relating to the construction of the aforesaid bodies, whereby a new and highly artistic design is obtained and the conversion of the car from opento closed type, and vice versa, is facilitated. l l

The invention will be specifically described in connection with the accompanying drawings, which are more or less dia grammatic, Figure 1 being a perspective view of the car body and Figs. 2 and 3 representing, in side elevation and plan, re\ spectively, the improved car body mounted on a chassis, the mechanism usually seenbe low the chassis frame being omitted.

In the said Figs. 2 and S tire adjustable or sliding parts of the upper quadrant or seetor of the car body are represented in their closed positions, and indicated in dotted lines in Fig. 2 in a partially open position.

Fig. t represents in side elevation, partly in. longitudinal section, the carbody with one of the halves of one side or end of the tubular body open for gaining admission-to the car, andv with the upper rear quadrant- V or sector of the tubular body turned into the recess provided for its reception behind and below the seat of the vehicle for the purpose of obtaining an open car.

Fig. 5 represents in side elevation a motor car made in accordance'with a modification of my invention hereinafter particularly described, the car being shown closed in full lines and indicated open in dotted lines.

The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in the several figures of the drawings.

A is the semi-cylindrical upper half or part of the car body, the said upper part or half consisting or being built up of a series specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr, so, rare;

Application filed J'anu ary 22, 1917. Serial No. 143,817.

of transparent framed panels marked 00,00, or inthe front quadrant like part or sector and a a a in the rear quadrant-like part or sector of the semicylindrical upper part of the body. a a U,

One or more of the framed panels a of the front quadrant or sector of the upper part I A of the car body is Or may be so hingedto the side framesb of the quadrant as tobe: capable of being turnedoutward (or in; ward) as indicated in dotted lines in: Fig.2, after the manner of an ordinary lwind screen; or one or more of the saidpanels a may be made capable of sliding over the ad-w jacent panel or panels for; the purpose of; obtaining an open or partially open front at the upper part A. of the car. i Y

The rear quadrant of the semi-cylindrical.

upper part A is provided ateach side with radial arms a a which permit the quadrant to be mounted on horizontal pivots on which it may be partially or completely turned into the space or compartment 0, provided for its reception behind or below theseatsoflthe placed when desired, the saidside frames, l

6 being removed in Fig. l. i i i e, e are, the end closing parts or halves of thetubular body,the said parts or halves meeting or overlapping preferably in the vertical plane containing the axis of the said 7 body, and where the said tubular body is cylindrical each closing end is preferably shaped; in the form of a cone having a very Y short axis, the apex of the cone-being direeted outward, as is best seen in Fig. 3.

One half of each of the closing ends of; the tubular body is hinged to open outward to permit entry and exit to and from the car, the half marked 6 being shown open in Fi 4f, the closed half being marked 6 and the upper half of each of the end parts 6, e is glazed or is in the form of a window marked 7, 7 respectively, and one or both of the quadrant-like windows f, f is pivoted at the axis of the tubular body so as to be wholly or partially turned downward into recesses or pockets provided for their reception in the lower unglazed parts of the ends 6. 6 respectively.

I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise construction of the partshere'inbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings as pan a on the conversion of the vehicle from a closedcar into an open car, being turned back as is'indicated in dotted lines in the said Fig. 5 on to the rear part or boot of thevehicle. The upper quadrant-like end parts of the rear quadrant may be connected to'the said rearpart so as to turn backward and forward therewith when the vehicle is converted'from a closed car into an open car and the reverse. 'The doors 6 in the modified arrangement, Fig. 5, are prefers ably of a quadrant-like form and are hinged tov the front edge of the fixed rear quadrantlike/parts te' 'of. the ends of the body as will be seen by an examination of Fig. 5, the said doors e being provided with pockets to receive the upper quadrant windows thought necessary or desirable quadrant shapedstrips may be attached to the edges of the curved jrear quadrant-like parts ofthe up'per part ofthe body to bring the said parts flush with the remaining parts of the. upper part of the body of the'vehicle.

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l. motor car body, having a semi-cylindrical upper part which consists of complmental'front and rear arcua'te members having-the same radius so as to abut edge to edgeagai ist:eachiother and made up of asetof panels, and a pair of end members associated therewith; the front arcuate member bein fixed and having one of its panel's" pivotally mounted to swing about an 3X18: eccentric to that'ofthe car body into and out of closed position, the rear arcuate member, being movable bodily. into aiicl o'iit of a recess provided for itin the lower part'of the bodyto convert the carfrom closed to open'ty'pe and vice versa.

A motor car, having a substantially cylindrical body, the axis of which crosses the car transversely, the arcuate wall of the upper part of said body being made up of front and rear setsof panels, certain of the front set being pivotally mounted to swing about an axis eccentric to that of the car body into and out of closed position.

3. A motor car, having a substantially cylindrical body, the axis of which crosses the car transversely, and amember arranged at each end of said body and made in upper and lower quadrant-sha1.)ed parts, the upper of which has the form of a framed window, at least one of said windows being pivotally mounted at the axis of the said car body to swing into and out of a pocket provided for it in the adjacent lower part.

4. A motor car, having a substantially cylindrical body, the axis of which crosses the car transversely, the upper parts of said body comprising front and rear complemental arcuate members having the same radius so as to abut edge to edge against each other, one of which members is pivotally mounted at the axis of the car body to swing into and out of a recess in the lower part of the body, and a member arranged at each end of said body and made in upper and lower quadrant-shaped parts, the upper part having the form of a framed window, at least one of said windows being movable into and out of a pocket in the adjacent lower part.

5. A motor car, having a semi-cylindrical upper part comprising front and rear 'arcuate members meeting edge to edge in a vertical plane crossing the car transversely; the rear-me1nber being movable into and out of a recess provided for it in the lower part of the body and including at its forward end a hinged panel which overlaps the front half of said upper part when the rear member is in raised position but isadapted to be folded backward upon the car when said rear member is in lowered position.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

SYDNEY GORDON JACOBS.

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